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Matsumoto's real name is the kanji 松本行弘, but it is normally written in hiragana, as まつもとゆきひろ.

Born in Osaka Prefecture, he was raised in Tottori Prefecture from the age of four. According to an interview conducted by Japan Inc., he was a self-taught programmer until the end of high school. He graduated with an information science degree from Tsukuba University, where he associated himself with research departments dealing with programming languages and compilers.

As of 2006, Matsumoto is the head of the research and development department at the Network Applied Communication Laboratory, an open source systems integrator company in Shimane Prefecture. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served as a missionary for the church. Matsumoto is married and has four children."

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